Memberships

Come join our growing community.

Are you ready to join a community of founders, mentors and investors who can support you to realise your start-up dreams?

Become a supporter of TSN today.

As an independent Not For Profit, The Startup Network relies solely on the support of the ecosystem, without which we cannot continue to bring our programs, our events and our community to this much loved startup scene.

If membership isn’t for you, then please consider making a one off donation, your support is much appreciated.

Your donation helps us to support founders from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds with our programs, events and community.

Membership Tiers

Here’s how we’ll support you:

01. Community

When you become a Startup Vic member you gain immediate access to our community of over 5000+ founders, investors, mentors and advisors.

02. Mentorship

We have some of Australia’s most experienced founders, investors and advisors in our community, and you can browse our mentor rolodex and meet relevant mentors during our Office Hours and group mentoring sessions.

03. Education

We work with subject matter experts across finance, product, brand, marketing and more, to develop workshops and resources available exclusively to The Startup Network members.

04. Jobs

We can help you find your next hire or secure your next dream job.

The Startup Network is Australia’s largest independent startup community and we exist solely to support founders just like you.


We believe that creating a successful startup takes more than just one person’s idea and set of skills, we believe it takes an entire community of generous minds.

Through our work we’ve helped founders build an MVP, launch their idea, secure funding, create thriving teams and generate massive impact.

Are you ready to join us?

Join the Club!

We believe that creating a successful startup takes more than
one person’s idea, it takes a community of generous minds.

What’s Included

We have different membership tiers depending on the stage of business you’re at, but all include a variation of the below.

General Events

Receive free or discounted tickets to our Founder Pitch Nights and Educational Workshops.

Private Member Events

Our Scale Up members, receive invites to intimate monthly dinners, creative workshops (like pottery or drawing) and quarterly drinks.

Jobs & Talent Board

Whether you’re a founder looking for a new hire or you’re seeking a job within a startup, our Jobs and Talent board will help connect you to the right person, business or opportunity.

Partner Discounts

Receive credits and discounts to some of the most useful startup tools, like Stripe, Amazon Web Services and MYOB.

Member Portal

Get access to our NEW Member Portal and access our rolodex, event tickets, discount codes and library of resources.

Slack Community

Join 5000+ founders, investors, mentors and operators across the Australian startup ecosystem.

Group Mentoring Sessions

We host weekly group mentoring sessions for those in Regional and Metro areas, and founders working across health, fashion, retail, ecommerce, tech and more.

Founder & Mentor Rolodex

Gain access to the profiles of thousands of founders, mentors and investors through our Rolodex and reach out to connect directly.

Member Testimonials

“I wouldn't be where I am without the support of the Startup Network team and community. The best investment I’ve made!”

— Riz Akhtar, founder of Carloop

“No matter the problem I’m facing, there’s always someone in the community I can reach out to for the right help, guidance and advice.”

— Melissa Rosenthal, founder of Soundlii

FAQs

  • If you feel like you need additional support and guidance to help make your startup a success, or if you’re interested in deepening your connections within the startup ecosystem, then the Startup Vic membership is right for you. It’s for anyone who knows they want to play in the startup space, whether you’ve been building your business for years or you’re just getting started.

  • Yes! Alongside our community we offer juicy discounts and credits from our brand partners, alongside free tickets to events, access to startup resources and our Jobs and Talent board.

  • The Member Portal is the home of the Startup Vic community and resource hub, and it’s a central location where you can access founder, mentor and investor profiles and details, relevant resources, partner discounts, event information and more. It’s your one stop startup shop!

  • The Member Portal is where all our member profiles, resources, event and partner information is housed, Slack is where the conversation happens. We have over 5000 people in our Slack and thriving conversations across our events, help, wins, resources, jobs, resources and impact channels. Paying members receive access to both community hubs.

  • You’ll receive Slack access information during the membership onboarding process.

  • Your special discount code for our Startup Vic events will be emailed to you once you’ve been onboarded. You can also find it in our Member Portal.

  • Our Startup Vic memberships are annual and can be paid for in one go or over a period of 12 months. If within 30 days you decide the membership isn’t right for you, we’d be happy to cancel provided none of the partner discounts have been accessed.

Join the Club!

We believe that creating a successful startup takes more than
one person’s idea, it takes a community of generous minds.

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